Sharp County record., 1887-01-13

THE ROCK OK THE TRAcK"
uyes I was, Icould have got off then.
but wasn't near enough to my plant"
tDid YOU throw any clothes out of the
car windows" -,.,
ayes, there were some clothes thrown
out, l believe" ,.,
capped" u..,.
obout two miles this side OF Pacific,
walked around the town and followed a
little road to the Missouri river bank. Il
was EIGHT or nine miles, and got to the
river bV dav break had my plant there,
60 7 changed my clothing, cut off my mus
tache with a scissors, got mIo tne boat
and foated down the river After | had
come about six miles l struck a sand-baE
and camped on it. / went through tha
voIise there. and, think, left some papers
on the bar. DID the Republican get the
packages of mortgages and drafts Isent'
Trnon being answered in the affirmative,
besaid; ;Ididn't to destroy any papers
ot all. stopped on the saud-bar all day.
elnpninp most of the time. When woke
mn had the rheumatism in my left ankle
60 bad that l limped. Then l started down
the river again and that old skiff leaked so
badly that | had to work hard to keep
from unsetting. | must have got down
twenty or twenty-five miles that day, and
at night got into a slough full of snags
that came near settling the whole bust
ness. The boat was leaking fast, and sol
decided to leave it. After stopping on
mud bank until morning, l started down
the river again and passed ST. Charles
Wednesday noon. I got out OF the boat be-
low st. Charles and planted it where it
was found. I then took the grip and
walked eight or nine miles across the
country to some point on the Keo
kuk road. l took the train there
and went to Louisiana, Mo. l was
afraid to buy a paper, and l got out
of the town as quick as I could and
went to Kansas City, | stopped in Kansas
CITY for four or five weeks and had doc
tor attending to my rheumatism After l
got well, about December 3, | went South
over the Gulf road to Memphis and Vicks'
burq. Atlanta and Savannah AT Savannah
Tnicked up an honest young fellow named
Burnham, whose parents live in Baltimore
BROUGHT him along with me to Chicago
TO watch. He didn't know anything about
this business, so I told him that l had got
into trouble in Chicago and wanted him to
see if any one was laying for me- lie was
arrested, but was let 60"
"|Vbat were the circumstances OF your
arrcstm
.sOh. Burnham and went into little
saloon near where l kept my coal office,
and three men came in and arrested us
before we had chance to fight. Kinney
was to bring me some money that day,
and he and Weaver were arrested To-
gether about the same time. The Pinker.
tons treated me splendid, and the menl
have been with are mighty fine fellows"
"What about the sweat-boX or dun
geoul" ~.
I'l take more of it. like it. Porter
house steak and snipc on toast"
"Where did you pick up Weayer!
SIN Chicago. lie or his wife kept a
laundry few doors from me-"
"Where is. Kinney"
"He is released, think He didn't have
ANYTHING to do with the business"
"He was your brother-in-lawW
"He was supposed to be, and here Witt
rock smiled.
"How much money was there in the
Ple!" Z .,.
"To tell the truth never counted it, but
there was enough to buy cigars for long
time.n 1900.
oDid you try to change anyo Of the $1,000
bills?"
'NO, didn't have to. There were five
dollar bills enough TO last until l9)O."
"You wrote that letter to nkJames"
eyes, that was a joke, You see, we
were
PACK OF BoYs
VINO did the work; not one Of US were ever
inside Of a Jail before. The detectives be-
gan to look for pro fessionals on the start
and that was what fooled EN-. I'd like to
say about Haght that he had nothing 10
do with the actual work, The poor fellow
was so hard up in Chicago that he was
starving. The first thing he did with tho
money gave him was to buy two porter
house steaks for his family"
,Do you know how much Of the money
vas rccovcredm
"All but about 5000, and that'll be Ie'
covered soon. 1t was planted evcryWhcI0
in bottles, tin cans and in the ground
"Did you expect to get overSlOCOJ when
you entered the car!'
"No, didn't, it was just luck to strike q
big run. Ten thousand would have done
me.n
"Have any promises of immunity been
made to you"
"Nonc whatever"
"Is it true that your motive IN commit
ting the robbery was to get money TO nv
the mortgage on your mothers homer
"Its the trueh."
While Wittrock was talking, mos
Weaver, the 'partner who weakened
was brought in from Chicago lie IS q
short man with q sandy mustache ana
beard Of few weeks growth Whcq
asked to unburden himself he sald' y
won't say one word about the case. see
that Wittrocll has been talking to you, Ou'
I've got nothing to say, only that I'VE pee"
treated well since | was arrested"
Seriously stabbed.
EAST NEW YoRK, Jan. 2.-Wm. Busn,
living on Baltic avenue, gave party a'